Saturday, 2 March 2013

I like getting all the kit out of my loft, packing it into the car, and trundling the 40 odd miles over to New Buckenham!!! It always manages to inspire me to do some more painting, or plasticard mauling, and lets face it folks, yours truly needs a bit of inspiration at the moment.

So, its here I'm off to Sunny Spain, eh Viva Espana, or in this case, Viva El Cristo Rey, Cara al Sol, and No Pasaran!

So here we are, the gang of four, from left to right, Stuart, Andrew, Lee and my goodself at the back, and this is the table set out for the game.
I've cobbled together a daft scenario. the FAI / CNT have picked up a downed pilot, their Column commander realises that the pilot is a German, from the Condor Legion, and being just that bit more "with it", than your average Anarchist, he has stuck him into a local house, and awaits the arrival of some Assaltos to take him back to Madrid.
In the meantime, the Condor Legion has sent one of their advisors, with a scratch force of Carlist requetes, Falangista, and a unit of Guardia Civil, to try and get the pilot back!!

FAI / CNT

FAI / CNT Milicianos

Columna Commander Capitan Reg 110

Standard Bearer Reg 10

Gruppo De Choque Inx

Delegado

Miliciano with SMG x 2

Miliciano with Rifle x 7

Equipped with AT Grenades (tank hunters) 78

Gruppo 2 Inx

Delegado

LMG team

Miliciano with Rifle x 7 90

Gruppo 3 Inx

Delegado

Miliciano with Rifle x 970

Support Reg

Maxim MMG 3crew 50

Naval Somua A/Truck Dam +7 Inx crew Turret mounted LMG 48

Guardia De Assaltos

Reg

Jefe with pistol

Assalto with SMG

Assalto with Rifle x 8 103

Truck and a car Dam +6 60

tot 579

Carlist and Falange

Carlist Requettes

Teniente pistol Reg (1stL) 75

Cristo Bearer Reg 10

Legion Condor advisor Reg (2ndL) 50

Requette Peleton 1 Inx

Cabo Rifle

Requette with Rifle x 7 63

Requette Peleton 2 Inx

Cabo Rifle

Requette with Rifle x 7 63

Falange

1st Peleton Inx

Sargento

Falangista with Rifles x 7 63

2nd Peleton Inx

Cabo

Falangista with Rifles x 7 63

Support

Hotchkiss MMG 3 crew Reg 50

UNL35 A/car Turret and hull mounted LMG Dam +7 Inx 48

Guardia Civil

Reg

Jefe with pistol

Guardia with SMG x 2

Guardia with Rifle x 7 106

Tot 591

FAI / CNT take up positions in the village, and deploy in the buildings, they have the pilot in the house nearest the camera. They send their armoured truck down the road to try and hold up the advancing Nationalists.

The Nationalist force enters the table at the far end, the UNL35 races up the road to take on the Anarchist lorry, whilst the infantry make their way through the olive grove, and fields.

Rather than a blow by blow account, here is a selection of shiny pics taken on the night, Some of them are mine, and some are by Guy, our resident club photographer, you can see more of his pics on our facebook page

Our second attempt using the Bolt Action rules, and we got a few things wrong, mostly forgetting little bits n bobs. To help us next time round, I'm going to make up some roster sheets to use when putting together the lists, and adding reminders, that way we can refer to them to help jog our memories.
We had another good game, and by the end of the game, all four of us had the general jist of how the rules worked.
Next task now, is to start adding all the little nuances that make the Spanish Civil War an interesting period to game.